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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
3
An advertisement cites Dr. Pierce of Buffalo praising Anurie as a kidney filter and uric acid dissolver. It claims drinking water and taking Anurie can prevent aging, relieve backache, pain, and tiredness, and notes Anurie is thirty seven times more potent than lithia.
A Washington Star quip notes Mrs. Torkins doubting George Washington’s honesty and joking that the portrait makes him look as if he wore a wig. The exchange reflects light mockery of revered figures and the era’s humor.
The speaker addresses a social mentor urging clear guidance on behavior to avoid further twists. The dialogue emphasizes caution and a need for disciplined choices to prevent ongoing trouble.
A Kansas woman describes severe six month illness and multiple doctors, including an operation, then credits Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery with quick improvement, weight gain from 93 to 130 pounds, and renewed health. The ad ends with a humorous rummage sale anecdote about a tombstone slab.
Nicaragua moves to upgrade transport with a Bluefields road project costing 120000 gold. Plans include a capital tramway and new factories in Leon Matagalpa Boaco. Four new electary schools in the capital plus a Granada arts and trades school and a Matagalpa girls private school.
An American doctor touts iron-nitrated iron as the key to renewed strength at age fifty. He cites improved blood iron as boosting endurance, claiming many patients doubled strength in days and that Nuxated Iron is easily absorbed with minimal side effects. The ad urges readers to test their stamina and try the product, with a money-back guarantee.
A surge of bills in Congress aims to establish universal military training based on the Swiss model with compulsory camps for boys aged 18 to 23. The plan envisions no exemptions for race or class, government payment of costs, credits for prior training, and a reservist medal after two years of active training followed by periodic drills. Proponents argue it strengthens national defense while limiting long term family disruption and aim to start this at or near age 19.
A Winkeeney man, A Hillman, swam in Salina Creek to catch a large catfish. He reached beneath a log where the fish appeared asleep. As he closed his hands near the gills the fish lurched, struck his face, causing a badly lacerated cheek, and escaped.
Klamath Falls researchers from the Klamath Historical Association retrieved Indian relics including pipes, stone war hammers, dishes, grinders, 75 arrowheads, ten spear heads, knives, mortars and pestles after a ten day field survey in Modoc county across Tule Lake. The team headed by J. C. Rutenic and members A. C. Ynden Floyd Brandenburg and George Snyder traced sites along the Tule Lake shore as Lost River diversion by the U S reclamation service drained water from the area.
John Foster a sixty nine year old property man for Miss Maude Adams died in an infirmary in New Orleans where he had been brought two weeks earlier while Adams toured in The Little Minister. He served Frohman companies and other stars including Chauncey Olcott and Mme Modjeska. body shipped to New York for funeral arrangements by Adams.
In Lexington Kentucky two weeks ago Vienry Hipshire was fined twenty dollars after a Loradale Union church sermon. The court found his motioning yawns excessive and disturbing public worship, ejecting and arresting him amid the minister's peroration.
The schooner Ponhook carrying dried codfish swelled after taking on water, its seams opening and sinking the vessel. Norwegian steamer Kronstad rescued the seven crew and landed Captain Doyle and all hands at Punta del Gorda after sighting the sinking ship two days from the Azores.
A poultry expert warns overcrowding causes winter diseases as birds roost indoors. He urges reducing flock size and culling nonproducers to boost profits, citing a science authority who favors pairing purebred males with fewer birds.
The Runner duck originated in England with India also contributing blood. It lays up to 200 eggs per year with a 160 egg record not remarkable. Drakes reach four and a half pounds. ducks about four. Color is fawn, necks long, carriage upright, runs rather than waddles. They forage well and are quiet though small for market fowls.
A historical domestic instruction explains whitewashing hen houses with slaked lime mixed with water and salt. It details slaking lime, straining sediment, dissolving salt in warm water, combining, and allowing the mixture to stand before thinning and applying hot.
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